When the older sister went to the door, the prosecutor’s office said, “she found the 5-year-old alone and covered in blood. The young girl told her older sister that their mother was dead.”

A short time later, a pizza delivery worker called 911 to report finding Bongco’s body near Erial and Wilton’s Landing roads.

Ambrose fled to Atlantic City, where U.S. marshals subdued him with a stun gun during an arrest at a casino-hotel.

Winslow police officers responded to the tragedy by sending a convoy laden with gifts to the sisters' new home shortly before Christmas 2014. Motorcycle officers led several police cars and a fire truck with Santa to surprise Jessica.

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Glenview School students in Haddon Heights looked to the roof of the school Thursday night to taunt their principal Sam Sassano, a Patriots fan, as he prepares to spend the night on the school roof. Sassano lost a Super Bowl LII wager.
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